ORLANDO, Fla. — The city of Orlando is slated to acquire 104 affordable housing units on the city’s west side for $700,000, according to City Council documents.
The owner of the apartments, First One Hundred LLC, declared bankruptcy in March 2016—and recent court filings show the city making an offer for the properties.
“It is the City's present goal to partner with qualified developers, who are interested in construction of long term, mixed income or affordable housing communities that complement the surrounding neighborhoods,” city staff said in documents.
The City Council is scheduled to vote on the acquisition of the apartments on Tampa Avenue and Orange Center Boulevard Monday, with city staff recommending the purchase.
According to city documents, the 104 apartments are currently uninhabitable and “are in various states of disrepair,” having racked up more than $800,000 of code enforcement fines as of January.
The city plans to demolish the existing apartments and holding the land “for future redevelopment,” the documents say.
Neighbors to the apartments are happy to hear something is going to be done.
"I definitely think they need to tear 'em down and put some new structures up," said Alzo Reddick.
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